Definition of Degenerately

1. adv. In a degenerate manner; unworthily.

Definition of Degenerately

1. Adverb. In a degenerate manner ¹

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Definition of Degenerately

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degenerately

degeiko
degemination
degeminations
degen
degender
degendered
degendering
degenders
degeneracies
degeneracy
degenerate
degenerate code
degenerate configuration
degenerate matter
degenerated
degenerately (current term)
degenerateness
degenerates
degenerating
degeneratio
degenerationist
degenerationists
degenerations
degenerative
degenerative arthritis
degenerative chorea
degenerative disc disease
degenerative disorder
degenerative index

Literary usage of Degenerately

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1758)
"... an.d that he < is the Father of gods and men; I conceive he never would « think meanly or degenerately concerning ..."

2. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"... and that blindness worse than this, That saw not how degenerately I serv'd. MAN. I cannot praise thy marriage choices, son, Rather approv'd them not; ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"degenerately, (de-jen'-er-ate-le) ad. In an unworthy or base manner. DEGENERATION, (de-jen-er-a'-shun) ns A deviation from the virtue of one s ancestors ..."

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